Primary Hormonal Factors in Aging
There are several major types of hormones that can decline with age and be supplemented to fight aging's effects:
As we age, changes occur in hormone levels that can result in undesirable symptoms. An out-of-balance hormone system is associated with age-related chronic diseases and a decreased quality of life. At HormoVital in Castle Rock, we offer customized anti-aging and hormone therapies to help patients regain optimal hormone balance. Rebalancing your hormones through medications, nutrition, and lifestyle improvements can rewind the effects of aging and restore vitality. Our clinic provides a comprehensive range of diagnostics and therapies to proactively address the decline of hormones like testosterone, estrogen, thyroid, HGH, and more. We strive to be your trusted partner in taking control of hormone health.
Age-related hormone decline and deficiencies don't need to be an inevitable part of growing older. However, deficiencies should always be addressed sooner rather than later to:
The experts at HormoVital recognize that there is a crucial difference between normal aging and treatable deficiency syndromes. Through personalized care and advanced diagnostics, we identify problems early and determine safe, effective courses of treatment for hormone issues. Treating deficiencies promptly is key to staying thriving and well over 40, 50 or beyond.
Hormone health is complex, multi-faceted and unique to each patient. Older "standards of care" rely on reference ranges that are far too broad. At HormoVital, we dig deeper with comprehensive testing to understand your individual needs. Our integrative and customized therapies deliver optimal results through:
With our meticulous optimization of hormones, patients report life-changing improvements in energy, sleep, sexual function, body composition, skin quality, mood, cognition and overall vitality.
There are several major types of hormones that can decline with age and be supplemented to fight aging's effects:
Testosterone deficiency commonly develops after age 30 in men, causing symptoms like:
Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) effectively relieves these symptoms and restores vitality by:
Like menopause in women, andropause develops in aging men as testosterone converts more readily into estrogen and other metabolites. Higher estrogen has been associated with risks for prostatic enlargement, heart disease, osteoporosis and more. Estrogen's proper ratio to testosterone must be maintained.
Many adults develop thyroid abnormalities - usually hypothyroidism - often indicated by symptoms like fatigue, stubborn weight gain, depression, and feeling cold. Undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction contributes profoundly to illness and faster aging. Optimizing thyroid function reestablishes healthy metabolism and vitality.
Growth hormone (HGH) declines quickly after about age 30, and this HGH deficiency manifests itself in increased body fat, decreased lean mass and bone density, reduced immunity, lackluster hair and skin quality, and loss of tissue repair capacity.
Therapeutic HGH restores youthful homeostasis, increasing muscle tone, reducing fat storage, enhancing hair/skin/nails, strengthening bones, normalizing blood sugar, and improving cholesterol.
Levels of DHEA, the body’s most abundant steroid hormone, peak in the 20s and decline with age. Low DHEA correlates strongly with obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, depression, immune dysfunction, heart disease and mortality.
DHEA supplementation has been shown to reverse biological aging - improving body composition, mood, bone density, lipid profiles and more.
Melatonin regulates circadian rhythms involved in quality sleep, metabolism and numerous other physiological processes. Supplementation can provide deeper, uninterrupted sleep resulting in increased vitality, anti-aging effects, more youthful hormone profiles and disease risk reduction.
Optimal anti-aging therapies begin with diagnostic assessments. At HormoVital, we specialize in advanced testing that accurately identifies subtle imbalances that standard tests can easily miss. Diagnostics are essential to determining appropriate therapies for your individual needs.
Some leading-edge options in our comprehensive panels include:
- Thyroid antibodies, sex-hormone binding globulins, estradiol, testosterone/epitestosterone ratios etc.
Accurate diagnosis through HormoVital' specialty testing provides the clarity needed to develop truly personalized anti-aging and hormone balance regimens.
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The range of HormoVital' highly tailored treatment options includes:
Bioidentical hormones are chemically identical to those naturally produced and metabolized in the body. They are extensively tested for purity, potency and safety. When prescribed properly and monitored, risks are minimal and benefits substantial. We offer:
Rather than prescribing frequent injections, we've developed an oral spray using a patented biomimetic that elevates growth hormone levels naturally to build lean mass, strengthen bones and immunity, reduce body fat, normalize blood sugar, enhance skin quality and maintain youthfulness .
Peptides are short chain amino acids that stimulate the body's own HGH, testosterone and tissue healing. Our preferred peptides enhance performance, endurance, recovery from exercise while reducing inflammation and oxidative damage without compromising natural homeostasis.
Specialized intravenous nutrient infusions effectively replenish vitamin, mineral and antioxidant status, strengthening immunity, vitality, and healthy functioning for combatting aging. Examples include Myers cocktails, glutathione, high-dose vitamin C and more.
Our clinic stands out through our emphasis on detective work, custom treatments, and optimizing lifestyle factors alongside traditional techniques. This comprehensive approach provides superior hormone balance for combating aging.
Additional reasons patients choose HormoVital:
So whether you are a man experiencing noticeable declines in virility, strength and endurance typical of testosterone loss, or a woman struggling through perimenopause/menopause with hot flashes, fatigue, and other disruptive effects of estrogen imbalance, HormoVital has the solutions.
The first step is identifying abnormally low testosterone levels with blood tests measuring total testosterone, free testosterone and metabolic products. Low testosterone causes symptoms like decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, chronic fatigue, mood instability, reduced muscle mass, weight gain and more. We determine precisely if levels are suboptimal for your age/stage.
If low testosterone is verified through testing, we offer several modalities to safely increase levels including:
We retest testosterone levels 6 weeks after beginning treatment and then periodically as needed to ensure levels are optimized to relieve deficiency symptoms without excess. Any rising estrogen levels or drops in HCG are also carefully monitored via bloodwork and addressed.
With competent care in our clinic, risks such as enlargened prostate or higher red blood cell counts are exceptionally rare. We continually monitor all health parameters to ensure therapies provide only benefits without complications. You are in excellent hands with our staff guiding you.
In conjunction with testosterone therapy, we have therapeutic lifestyle programs incorporating:
Targeted nutrition and nutraceuticals- Specific diet modifications and supplements to reduce excess estrogen and support healthy testosterone activity
Stress moderation practices - like meditation, yoga, therapeutic massage since sustained stress can reduce testosterone.
Progressive resistance training - Strength-building exercise sustains higher free testosterone levels long after workouts. We provide expert fitness coaching.
With a multidimensional approach, patients sustain peak benefits from therapy and a vibrant, youthful masculinity into later decades.
For both men and women, properly modulating estrogen levels - not too high or low - is imperative for wellness during aging.Imbalanced estrogen underlies heightened risks for heart disease, osteoporosis, obesity, and hormone-influenced cancers.
In men, elevated testosterone-to-estrogen conversion happens naturally but excess estrogen causes dysfunction. For women, menopause onset brings plummeting estrogen with myriad unpleasant effects. We diagnose imbalances via blood tests plus specialized urine metabolite assessment for a comprehensive picture.
Estrogen management requires an understanding of its balancing act - when beneficial versus detrimental:
Benefits: Bone support, healthy cholesterol profile, mental acuity, genitourinary tissue integrity, avoiding hot flashes/night sweats
Risks: Increased clotting factors in blood, certain types of cancers, insulin resistance promoting abdominal weight gain
With careful monitoring, therapies optimize estrogen levels to accrue primarily benefits and prevent risks during aging.
Our custom-crafted estrogen modulating programs may include:
We employ nutrition adjustments favoring plant estrogens, stress-reduction techniques, targeted exercise programs, and other supportive strategies that contribute to balanced homeostasis for optimal estrogen status.
Implementing a broad multi-faceted regimen leads to the best outcomes from therapies while also providing preventative health advantages.
After peaking during childhood, adolescent growth spurts and young adulthood, growth hormone production declines substantially (up to 80%) for women and men by later middle age. This frequent cause of symptoms like increased body fat, decreased muscle mass, reduced bone density, impaired skin quality, lackluster hair/nails and a weakened immune system. The resulting Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) promotes increased risks of diseases and accelerated signs of aging.
Testing GHD involves blood measurement of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) which is produced by the liver in close correlation with growth hormone levels. GHD is defined medically as IGF-1 levels substantially below normal for the patient's age/gender OR inadequate GHD response to provocation with insulin or arginine during an evaluation.
If growth hormone deficiency is determined, HGH replacement aims to:
HormoVital offers bioidentical human growth hormone (hGH) replacement through:
Oral Spray - A patented liposomal oral spray that naturally elevates hGH to youthful levels. Convenient at-home use. Wider therapeutic range without IGF-1 excess risk.
Injections - Administered subcutaneously several times weekly. A last resort if resistant to oral therapy. Requires close IGF-1 monitoring.
Certain lifestyle measures and nutraceuticals work synergistically with hGH therapy to amplify benefits:
Thyroid issues become more prevalent with aging, causing symptoms like stubborn weight gain, depression, muscle weakness, fatigue, cold sensitivities, drying hair/skin, constipation etc. Imbalanced thyroid slows metabolism, impairs immunity and accelerates aging. Optimizing thyroid function alleviates these undesirable effects.
Accurately diagnosing often subtle thyroid dysfunction requires advanced assessment beyond standard TSH/T3/T4, including:
Thyroid antibodies indicating autoimmune Hashimoto's disease - driving inflammation and poor function.
Genetic testing - variants indicating thyroid vulnerability and special nutritional needs
Basal temperature/reflex checks - simple additional indicators of low thyroid function
Reverse T3 measurement - identifying impaired T3 availability
If hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism is confirmed, we restore optimal levels through:
Bioidentical natural thyroid like Nature-Throid - Contains all thyroid hormones including T3 for balanced metabolism and energy
T3-only/time-released T3 - For patients preferentially benefitting from unbound triiodothyronine
Nutrient therapies - Selenium, iodine, zinc, omega 3's support thyroid function and relief of deficiency
Diet/lifestyle optimization - Removing anti-nutrients like soy, optimizing circadian patterns and managing stress, targeted nutraceuticals
We re-check thyroid blood markers like TSH after 6 weeks of therapy to ensure proper dosing along with follow up testing every 4-6 months to make adjustments. The goal is sustained excellent function free of adverse effects.
With HormoVital' diligent testing and monitoring, potential complications like osteoporosis or muscle wasting from taking too much thyroid hormone are prevented. Your doctor continually evaluates your status for safe, effective thyroid improvement.
Other valuable therapies in our anti-aging arsenal include:
DHEA Replacement - This "Mother Hormone" precursor crucially declines with age promoting inflammation, excess cortisol and multiple aging aspects. DHEA supplementation profoundly improves well-being.